René Bouché

René Robert Bouché (20 September 1905 – 3 July 1963) was an artist and fashion illustrator, known for his work in Vogue magazine between the 1930s and 1960s.

[1][2] He studied at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich before moving to Paris.

[2] During the Second World War, he emigrated to the United States, settling in Manhattan, where he continued working for Vogue.

[3][4] Bouche painted portraits of many prominent figures including W. H. Auden, Nancy Astor, Truman Capote, Jean Cocteau, Benny Goodman, Aldous Huxley, Edward Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Willem de Kooning, Sophia Loren, Igor Stravinsky and the Duchess of Windsor.

[5] Bouché died of a heart attack, age 57, in East Grinstead, England.